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Mr Akhtar Imam

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial Law
Foreign Investment
Litigation 
Commercial Arbitration
Labour and Employment
Bangking, Finance, Microfinance and Securities
Telecommunication
Power
Aviation
Hospitality 

Position

Senior Partner

Career

Professional Qualifications:

• 1970, Barrister-at-Law, Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, UK
• 1976, Advocate, High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh, 
• 2001, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Directorships and Positions held:

• Director and Former Chairman, Marie Stopes, Bangladesh
• Former Director, PRAN Group, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Former Director, Singer Bangladesh Limited
• Lecturer, Comparative Legal Theory, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• President, Barristers’ Association of Bangladesh
• President, Rotary Club of Dhaka New City
• President of Lincoln’s Inn Students’ Union, UK
• First General Secretary, Barristers’ Association of Bangladesh, UK

Profile:

For 40 years, Akhtar Imam has stood for excellence in legal service. He is a Senior Advocate (equivalent to Queen’s Counsel in England) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and is regarded as one of the nation’s leading experts in company, commercial, banking, labour and employment and constitutional law. His specializes in litigation and commercial arbitration. Having enjoyed a successful law practice at the Bar of England and Wales for 10 years, he moved to Bangladesh and founded the firm in 1980.

Over the years he has advised clients like Pubali Bank Limited (the largest private commercial bank), Grameenphone (the largest mobile telecom operator with the highest number of subscribers), Biman Bangladesh Airlines (the national flag carrier airline), Pran Group (food and beverage giant) and Globe Pharmaceutical Group of Companies Limited (a leading diversified business group, the first company to invest in and build a state-of-the-art biotech facility).

As director (former) in the boards of multinationals like Singer Bangladesh and domestic food and beverage giants like Pran, the largest food & beverage brand in Bangladesh, he regularly advised on business and financial issues, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and corporate ethics. He also provided leadership and strategic guidance to Marie Stopes Bangladesh (a concern of Marie Stopes International, an international NGO spanning 37 countries) as Chairman of its board of directors since its inception in Bangladesh.

During his illustrious career he has acted as both counsel and amicus curiae in ground-breaking cases in the constitutional history of Bangladesh, high profile company law litigation and landmark mergers & acquisitions in the telecommunications sector.

Languages

English and Bengali

Memberships

Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association
Dhaka Bar Association
Honourable, Society fo Lincoln’s Inn

Education

Academic Qualifications:

• 1965, B.A., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• 1966, M.A., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• 1967, LLB, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• 1973, LLM, Kings College, University of London, UK